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PESI - A taxonomic backbone for Europe

  • Yde de Jong
  • , Juliana Kouwenberg
  • , Louis Boumans
  • , Charles Hussey
  • , Roger Hyam
  • , Nicola Nicolson
  • , Paul Kirk
  • , Alan Paton
  • , Ellinor Michel
  • , Michael D. Guiry
  • , Phillip S. Boegh
  • , Henrik Arenlund Pedersen
  • , Henrik Enghoff
  • , Eckhard von Raab-Straube
  • , Anton Güntsch
  • , Marc Geoffroy
  • , Andreas Müller
  • , Andreas Kohlbecker
  • , Walter Berendsohn
  • , Ward Appeltans
  • Christos Arvanitidis, Bart Vanhoorne, Joram Declerck, Leen Vandepitte, Francisco Hernandez, Róisín Nash, Mark John Costello, David Ouvrard, Pascale Bezard-Falgas, Thierry Bourgoin, Florian Tobias Wetzel, Falko Glöckler, Günther Korb, Caroline Ring, Gregor Hagedorn, Christoph Häuser, Nihat Aktaç, Ahmet Asan, Adorian Ardelean, Paulo Alexandre Vieira Borges, Dhimiter Dhora, Hasmik Khachatryan, Michael Malicky, Shaig Ibrahimov, Alexander Tuzikov, Aaike De Wever, Snejana Moncheva, Nikolai Spassov, Karel Chobot, Alexi Popov, Igor Boršic, Spyros Sfenthourakis, Urmas Kõljalg, Pertti Uotila, Gargominy Olivier, Jean Claude Dauvin, David Tarkhnishvili, Giorgi Chaladze, Michael Tuerkay, Anastasios Legakis, László Peregovits, Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Erling ólafsson, Liam Lysaght, Bella Sarah Galil, Francesco M. Raimondo, Gianniantonio Domina, Fabio Stoch, Alessandro Minelli, Voldermars Spungis, Eduardas Budrys, Sergej Olenin, Armand Turpel, Tania Walisch, Vladimir Krpach, Marie Therese Gambin, Laurentia Ungureanu, Gordan Karaman, Roy M.J.C. Kleukers, Elisabeth Stur, Kaare Aagaard, Nils Valland, Toril Loennechen Moen, Wieslaw Bogdanowicz, Piotr Tykarski, Jan Marcin Weslawski, Monika Kedra, Antonio M.de Frias Martins, António Domingos Abreu, Ricardo Silva, Sergei Medvedev, Alexander Ryss, Smiljka Šimic, Karol Marhold, Eduard Stloukal, Davorin Tome, Marian A. Ramos, Benito Valdés, Francisco Pina, Sven Kullander, Anders Telenius, Yves Gonseth, Pascal Tschudin, Oleksandra Sergeyeva, Volodymyr Vladymyrov, Volodymyr Bohdanovych Rizun, Chris Raper, Dan Lear, Pavel Stoev, Lyubomir Penev, Ana Casino Rubio, Thierry Backeljau, Hannu Saarenmaa, Sandrine Ulenberg
    • University of Amsterdam
    • University of Eastern Finland
    • Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
    • Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
    • University of Oslo
    • The Natural History Museum, London
    • Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
    • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
    • National University of Ireland, Galway
    • Danish Meteorological Institute
    • University of Copenhagen
    • Free University of Berlin
    • OBIS
    • Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
    • Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
    • Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd
    • University of Auckland
    • Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
    • Trakya University
    • MyNature Association
    • University of the Azores
    • University of Shkodra
    • National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
    • Biologiezentrum
    • Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
    • Belarus Academy of Sciences
    • Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
    • Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic
    • State Institute for Nature Protection
    • University of Cyprus
    • University of Tartu
    • University of Helsinki
    • Université de Lille
    • Ilia State University
    • Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
    • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
    • Hungarian Natural History Museum
    • Icelandic Institute of Natural History
    • National Biodiversity Data Centre
    • Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research Ltd.
    • University of Palermo
    • University of L'Aquila
    • University of Padua
    • University of Latvia
    • Vilnius University
    • Klaipėda University
    • Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle Luxembourg
    • Macedonian Museum of Natural History
    • Malta Environment and Planning Authority
    • Academy of Sciences of Moldova
    • Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts
    • Naturalis Biodiversity Center
    • Norwegian University of Science and Technology
    • Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre
    • Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
    • University of Warsaw
    • Institute of Oceanology of Polish Academy of Sciences
    • Estação de Biologia Marinha do Funchal
    • Naturdata
    • Russian Academy of Sciences
    • Centre for the Balkan Biodiversity Conservation
    • Slovak Academy of Sciences
    • Charles University
    • Comenius University
    • National Institute of Biology Ljubljana
    • Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC)
    • University of Seville
    • Swedish Museum of Natural History
    • Centre Suisse de Cartographie de la Faune
    • NASU - Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas
    • National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
    • Marine Biological Association
    • Pensoft Publishers

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    Abstract

    Reliable taxonomy underpins communication in all of biology, not least nature conservation and sustainable use of ecosystem resources. The flexibility of taxonomic interpretations, however, presents a serious challenge for end-users of taxonomic concepts. Users need standardised and continuously harmonised taxonomic reference systems, as well as highquality and complete taxonomic data sets, but these are generally lacking for nonspecialists. The solution is in dynamic, expertly curated web-based taxonomic tools. The Pan-European Species-directories Infrastructure (PESI) worked to solve this key issue by providing a taxonomic e-infrastructure for Europe. It strengthened the relevant social (expertise) and information (standards, data and technical) capacities of five major community networks on taxonomic indexing in Europe, which is essential for proper biodiversity assessment and monitoring activities. The key objectives of PESI were: 1) standardisation in taxonomic reference systems, 2) enhancement of the quality and completeness of taxonomic data sets and 3) creation of integrated access to taxonomic information. New information This paper describes the results of PESI and its future prospects, including the involvement in major European biodiversity informatics initiatives and programs.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article numbere5848
    JournalBiodiversity Data Journal
    Volume3
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 28 Sept 2015

    UN SDGs

    This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    1. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
      SDG 14 Life Below Water

    Keywords

    • AlgaeBase
    • Authority file
    • EU-nomen
    • EUBON
    • Euro+Med PlantBase
    • European register of marine species
    • European taxonomic backbone
    • Fauna Europaea
    • Global names architecture
    • INSPIRE
    • Index fungorum
    • International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
    • LifeWatch
    • Nomenclature
    • PESI
    • Taxonomic indexing
    • Taxonomy
    • ZooBank

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